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How to use NX keyboard shortcuts

How to use NX keyboard shortcutsIf you want to switch back from a fullscreen session to your native OS desktop, you can click on the 'magic pixel' on the upper right edge of your screen.

Keystrokes available in NX 3.x

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Esc to get rid of a not responding session

Ctrl + Alt + T to terminate a session

Ctrl + Alt + F to switch to fullscreen/windowed (Note: the fullscreen toggle feature will be available on Windows starting with NX 4.0.0)

Ctrl + Alt + M to minimize or maximize fullscreen window

Ctrl + Alt + arrow keys to viewport navigation

Ctrl + Alt + keypad arrow keys to viewport navigation (Note: this actionis performed also by keeping Ctrl + Alt pressed and dragging thecontent of the main window by the pointer)

Ctrl + Alt + R to switch "auto-resize/viewport" mode. The agent startsin auto-resize mode, so users can resize the desktop simply by resizingthe main window. In viewport mode, resizing the main window doesn'tmake the desktop resize itself, but users can navigate the desktop bymoving the viewport (Note: the auto-resize feature will be available onWindows starting with NX 4.0.0)

Ctrl + Alt + E to toggle the lazy encoding

Ctrl + Alt + J to force a drawable's synchronization, in order to attempta fix for a visualization problem

Alt + F4 when the window manager is present, it allows you to suspendor terminate a session

Ctrl + Alt + F to switch to fullscreen/windowed (Note: This feature is not available on Windows)

Ctrl + Alt + M to minimize or maximize fullscreen window

Ctrl + Alt + arrow keys to viewport navigation

Ctrl + Alt + keypad arrow keys to viewport navigation (Note: this action is performed also by keeping Ctrl + Alt pressed and dragging the content of the main window by the pointer)

Ctrl + Alt + R to switch "auto-resize/viewport" mode. The agent starts in auto-resize mode, so users can resize the desktop simply by resizing the main window. In viewport mode, resizing the main window doesn't make the desktop resize itself, but users can navigate the desktop by moving the viewport (Note: This feature is not available on Windows)

Ctrl + Alt + E to switch to lazy encoding

Alt + F4 when the window manager is present, it allows you to suspend or terminate a session